List of St. Louis bishops

The following is the List of Saint Louis Bishops. The Roman Catholic Church in the United States comprises 195 dioceses led by diocesanbishops. Auxiliary bishops serve in association with the diocesanbishops in larger dioceses. There are thirty-two ecclesiastical provinces, each headed by a metropolitan archbishop, of which the Archbishop of Saint Louis is one. As of November 2010, five of the metropolitan archbishops of this see have been designated cardinals: John Joseph Glennon (1946), Joseph Ritter (1961), John Carberry (1969) Justin Francis Rigali (2003), and Raymond Leo Burke (2010).

In addition to the 195 dioceses, there are several other dioceses in the nation's overseas dependencies. There are also dioceses and eparchies of the Eastern Catholic Churches. A special archdiocese was created by the Vatican for the United States military. Such bodies are also organized into metropolitan provinces of their own.

All bishops in the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands, diocesan and auxiliary, are members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishops in Puerto Rico form their own Episcopal Conference. Those from insular areas in the Pacific Ocean are members of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific.

St. Louis Archdiocesan Hierarchy

Archbishops

• Joseph Rosati, C.M.: March 20, 1827 – September 25, 1843^[1]
• Peter Richard Kenrick: September 25, 1843 – May 21, 1895^[2]
• John Joseph Kain: May 21, 1895 – October 13, 1903^[3]
• John Joseph Glennon: October 13, 1903 – March 9, 1946^[4]
• Joseph Ritter: July 20, 1946 – June 10, 1967^[5]
• John Carberry: March 25, 1968 – July 31, 1979^[6]
• John Lawrence May: January 24, 1980 – December 2, 1992^[7]
• Justin Francis Rigali: March 16, 1994 – July 15, 2003^[8]
• Raymond Leo Burke: January 26, 2004 – June 27, 2008^[9]
• Robert James Carlson: April 21, 2009 – Present^[10][11]

Succession Chart

Auxiliary Bishops

• Christian Herman Winkelmann: September 13, 1933 – December 27, 1939^[12]
• George Joseph Donnelly: March 19, 1940 – November 9, 1946^[13]
• John Cody: May 10, 1947 – January 27, 1954^[14]
• Charles Herman Helmsing: March 17, 1949 – August 24, 1956^[15]
• Leo Christopher Byrne: May 21, 1954 – February 11, 1961^[16]
• Glennon Patrick Flavin: April 17, 1957 – May 29, 1967^[17]
• George Joseph Gottwald: June 23, 1961 – August 2, 1988^[18]
• Joseph Alphonse McNicholas: January 31, 1969 – July 22, 1975^[19]
• Charles Roman Koester: January 2, 1971 – September 10, 1991^[20]
• Edward Thomas O'Meara: January 28, 1972 – November 21, 1979^[21]
• John Nicholas Wurm: June 25, 1976 – September 19, 1981^[22]
• Edward Joseph O'Donnell: December 6, 1983 – November 8, 1994^[23]
• James Terry Steib, S.V.D.: December 6, 1983 – May 5, 1993^[24]
• Paul Albert Zipfel: May 16, 1989 – December 31, 1996^[25]
• Edward Kenneth Braxton: May 17, 1995 – February 21, 2001^[26]
• Michael John Sheridan: July 8, 1997 – December 4, 2001^[27]
• Joseph Fred Naumann: July 8, 1997 – January 7, 2004^[28]
• Timothy Michael Dolan: June 19, 2001 – June 25, 2002^[29]
• Robert Joseph Hermann: October 16, 2002 – December 1, 2010^[30][31]
• Edward Matthew Rice: December 1, 2010 – Present^[32][33]

References

1. "Bishop Joseph Rosati, C.M.". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
2. "Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
3. "Archbishop John Joseph Kain". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
4. "John Joseph Cardinal Glennon". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
5. "Joseph Elmer Cardinal Ritter". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
6. "John Joseph Cardinal Carberry". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
7. "Archbishop John Lawrence May". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
8. "Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
9. "Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
10. "Archbishop Robert James Carlson". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
11. http://archstl.org/archstl/page/archbishop-robert-j-carlson
12. "Bishop Christian Herman Winkelmann". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
13. "Bishop George Joseph Donnelly". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
14. "John Patrick Cardinal Cody". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
15. "Bishop Charles Herman Helmsing". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
16. "Archbishop Leo Christopher Byrne". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
17. "Bishop Glennon Patrick Flavin". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
18. "Bishop George Joseph Gottwald". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
19. "Bishop Joseph Alphonse McNicholas". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
20. "Bishop Charles Roman Koester". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
21. "Archbishop Edward Thomas O’Meara". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
22. "Bishop John Nicholas Wurm". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
23. "Bishop Edward Joseph O’Donnell". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
24. "Bishop James Terry Steib, S.V.D.". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
25. "Bishop Paul Albert Zipfel". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
26. "Bishop Edward Kenneth Braxton". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
27. "Bishop Michael John Sheridan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
28. "Archbishop Joseph Fred Naumann". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
29. "Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
30. "Bishop Robert Joseph Hermann". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
31. http://archstl.org/archstl/page/most-reverend-robert-joseph-hermann
32. "Bishop Edward Matthew Rice". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
33. http://archstl.org/archstl/page/bishop-edward-m-rice

See also

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis
• List of the Catholic bishops of the United States
• List of the Catholic cathedrals of the United States
• List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of the United States